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Two-photon ionization of Helium studied with the multiconfigurational time-dependent Hartree-Fock method

Atomic Physics 2011-12-30 v1

Abstract

The multiconfigurational time-dependent Hartree-Fock method (MCTDHF) is applied for simulations of the two-photon ionization of Helium. We present results for the single- and double ionization from the groundstate for photon energies in the non-sequential regime, and compare them to direct solutions of the Schr\"odinger equation using the time-dependent (full) Configuration Interaction method (TDCI). We find that the single-ionization is accurately reproduced by MCTDHF, whereas the double ionization results correctly capture the main trends of TDCI.

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@article{arxiv.1010.5422,
  title  = {Two-photon ionization of Helium studied with the multiconfigurational time-dependent Hartree-Fock method},
  author = {D. Hochstuhl and M. Bonitz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1010.5422},
  year   = {2011}
}